Leg

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1. Noun

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.

2. Noun

That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.

3. Noun

The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.

4. Noun

A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.

5. Noun

A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

6. Noun

The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.

7. Noun

An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.

8. Noun

The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

9. Noun

A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.

10. Verb

To use as a leg, with it as object

11. Verb

To bow.

12. Verb

To run.

13. Noun

a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
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